“Dur­ing pa­trols of the area, the ve­hi­cle was found aban­doned on the gravel road about 5km from the scene.”

Goven­der said that no ar­rests had been made but that a case of armed rob­bery was be­ing in­ves­ti­gated.

The SAPS have con­firmed the same Corsa was be­ing sought in a case in Mother­well, Port Eliz­a­beth, last month.

Pic­ture: LOUISE CARTER

RE­COV­ERED: This sil­ver Corsa util­ity bakkie was used as a get­away car in an armed rob­bery at Rose­hill Mall on Tues­day. The ve­hi­cle was re­cov­ered only 5km away from the scene. The po­lice sus­pect the rob­bers aban­doned the Corsa and fled in an­other ve­hi­cle